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Learn the little points thai half the engineers never 

 think of. 



You will find wood quite different in some respects, 



but the good you have learned will be useful now. 



k and often, Imt unlike coal, you must keep your 



fire box full. 1'lacc your wood as loosely as possible, I 



mean by this, place in all directions to allow the draught 



to pass freely through it. Keq> a.Ming a couple of sticks 



as fast as there is room and then don't disturb f 



Use short wood and fire close to the door. When firing 



with wood I would advise you to keep your screen down. 



c is much more danger of setting fire with wood 



al. 

 If you arc in a dangerous place, owing to the v 



the surroundings, don't hesitate to state your fears 

 to tl.< >r whom you are threshing. He is not sup- 



posed to know the danger as well as you, and if, after 

 your he says go ahead, you have placed the re- 



sponsibility on him; but even after you have done th: 

 sometimes shows a good head to refuse to fire with wood, 

 en you are required to fire with old rails, 

 a common fuel in a timbered country. While 

 make a h- t fire in a fireb* sometimes start 



a hot one outside of it. It is part of your business to be 

 .rcful as you can. What I mean is take reasonable 



